The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has inaugurated the GPHA Green Clubs Association as part of its commitment to taking the Green Ghana Project a notch higher, in addition to planting 1,234 trees within the Tema Port enclave.
The GPHA Green Clubs concept was adopted in partnership with Coastal Conservancy Organisation and with support from the Ghana Education Service.
The Green Clubs will help provide students from participating schools the opportunity to learn more about the environment and its associated issues, while empowering them to make positive change.
Members of the environmental clubs in the selected basic schools in Tema will participate in environmental protection, preservation and conservation activities such as tree-planting.
The Green Clubs launch was met with enthusiasm from the students present, who threw their support behind this exciting initiative.
Speaking at the launch on behalf of the Director-General of GPHA, General Manager in charge of Estate and Environment, James Benjamin Gaisie, intimated that the overreaching goal of this initiative is to create a new generation of enlightened citizens and future leaders who are environmentally conscious.
The Chairman of Coastal Conservancy Organisation, Justice Lionel Eshun, lauded GPHA for the support shown the Urban Green Spaces Development programme which seeks to preserve natural areas and reduce the carbon footprint within the city.
He urged various corporate organisations within the Tema and Accra Metropolis to emulate GPHA’s support for the Urban Green Spaces Development programme to ensure it becomes more impactful.
A Deputy Director in charge of Human Resource Management and Development (HRMD) at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Fatima Akuye Antiaye, said her outfit is happy to support this initiative with the able teaching staff at various schools.
